The savvy style of Michelle Obama

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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama laughs at a joke during a dinner in the East Room of the White House on February 29, 2012 in Washington. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle hosted a dinner for members of the U.S. armed forces who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama waves to delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Obama’s dress was designed by Tracy Reese. Obama has proven her fashion savvy time and time again since she was introduced to the country as first lady on Inauguration Day 2009. In the past four years she has adeptly walked the line between directional fashionista and everywoman.Charles Dharapak
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This Aug. 20, 2012 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama during the first ever Kidsí State Dinner luncheon, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Obama has proven her fashion savvy time and time again since she was introduced to the country as first lady on Inauguration Day 2009. In the past four years she has adeptly walked the line between directional fashionista and everywoman.Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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This May 24, 2011 file photo shows President Barack Obama, second left, and first lady Michelle Obama, with Queen Elizabeth II, left, and Prince Philip, right, prior to a dinner hosted by the queen at Buckingham Palace in London. Michelle Obama is wearing a white cross-neck halter gown by Tom Ford. Michelle Obama has proven her fashion savvy time and time again since she was introduced to the country as first lady on Inauguration Day 2009. In the past four years she has adeptly walked the line between directional fashionista and everywoman.Larry Downing
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This May 19, 2010 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama at a State Dinner at the White House in Washington. Obama wore a gown designed by Peter Soronen. Obama has proven her fashion savvy time and time again since she was introduced to the country as first lady on Inauguration Day 2009. In the past four years she has adeptly walked the line between directional fashionista and everywoman.Charles Dharapak
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March 31, 2009: U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama walk down the steps of Air Force One at Stansted Airport ahead of the G20 summit.Chris Radburn
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In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama walks onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Obama’s dress was designed by Tracy Reese. Obama has proven her fashion savvy time and time again since she was introduced to the country as first lady on Inauguration Day 2009. In the past four years she has adeptly walked the line between directional fashionista and everywoman.Jae C. Hong
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (L, in a Roksanda Ilincic dress) and Samantha Cameron (in Peter Pilotto), wife of British Prime Minister David Cameron, talk before having tea in the private residence at Downing Street on May 24, 2011 in London, England.Lawrence Jackson /White House
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama poses for a photograph (wearing an Alexander McQueen tunic and belt) with students from the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School at Oxford University in Oxford, southern England on May 25, 2011.Oli Scarff
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She might have started it all on Inauguration Night 2009, but Michelle Obama's sleeveless, one-strap Jason Wu has had fashion ramifications that are still reverberating into the summer.Mike Segar / Reuters
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The first great controversy of the Obama era turns out to be the dress Michelle Obama wore on election nightJoe Raedle/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama (wearing a Ralph Lauren gown) wait to greet Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, for a reciprocal dinner at the Winfield House in London, on May 25, 2011.Jewel Samad
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U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive on stage at the annual White House Correspondent's Association Gala at the Washington Hilton hotel on April 30, 2011 in Washington, DC.Martin H. Simon-Pool
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (R) and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall speak as they leave Winfield House, the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador, in Regent's Park on May 24, 2011 in London, England.Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (L, in a dress from Tracy Reece's pre-fall collection) and Samantha Cameron, wife of Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron pose while serving food to members of the military during a barbecue in the garden of 10 Downing Street on May 25, 2011 in London, England.Matt Dunham - WPA Pool
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U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama plays tennis with students during an Olympics-themed event with area school children at American University March 13, 2012 in Washington, DC. Fifth graders from MacFarland Middle School in Washington, D.C., Manor View Elementary School in Maryland and Arlington Science Focus School in Virginia participated in a mini-Olympics competition in celebration of the 2012 London Summer Olympics and Mrs. Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative.Chip Somodevilla
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President Barack Obama, the newly sworn in 44th President of the United States, waves as he and his wife Michelle walk down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Inaugural parade in Washington, Jan. 20, 2009.Jim Young/Reuters
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U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama await the arrival of British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha Cameron, prior to a State Dinner as part of an official visit on the North Portico of the White House in Washington, DC, March 14, 2012.SAUL LOEB
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